JOHNNY BATCHELOR PARTY
w/ SPILL KIT + POST SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

SATURDAY 23rd MAY - 6PM
Live at The Servo, Port Kembla.

JOHNNY BATCHELOR PARTY
SPILL KIT
POST SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

Port Kembla’s musical hub, the fabulous Servo Food Truck Bar, will be host to a Johnny Batchelor Party on Friday, May 23. It will be a night of converging pop-musical influences from eclectic-post-punk-pop, to fresh-dreamy-dancy-pop, to bluesy-Lou-Reedy-pop.

So come on down, young and old, and groove the night away. With these three bands that span the generations, it’s all about great songs and the soul and passion of performance.

The Johnny Batchelor Party, featuring Yani Socratous (The Groove & Beatmiesters), Lee Borkman (Dragon, Divinyls, to name a few) and Anthony Pingnam (The Numbered), with Spill Kit and Steve Robinson's Post Social Experiment: it will be a night of revelation and definitely not one to miss.

Johnny Batchelor has a history within Australian music dating from the notorious 80s Sydney scene: His band Dropbears shone brightly and seemed to be everywhere, appearing on Countdown and touring with the major acts of the time including U2, The Cure, New Order and INXS. His songs … well, Fun Loving is an Aussie indie classic, Proud, Shall We Go, In Your Eyes and Work and Save were all over the airwaves - check out the so 80s videos @dropbears80s.

Johnny’s been releasing new tunes since mid 2024 and the response has been sensational: streams for the EP have just clicked over 260,000 (Spotify) and are continuing to build; Johnny’s video creations have exceeded 280,000 views on YouTube (@lanewaymusic and @dropbears80s); plus there's been widespread indie radio airplay in the US and UK (Bad Mood Bad Groove has debuted at No.12 on The Indie Radio Alliance Top 100 (Jan. 15 ’25) and Anemone made Bill Kelly’s top ten picks for 2024 on Little Steven’s Underground Garage and SiriusXM). Proud Kind Man released on February 17, made No.7 on The Indie Radio Alliance Top 100. Johnny’s latest release, Walking On A Wire, will be hitting the airwaves just in time for the Servo on May 23.

Johnny’s new band features Yani Socratous (The Groove & Beatmiesters), Lee Borkman (Dragon, Divinyls …) and Anthony Pingnam (The Numbered).

Spill Kit are a 4 piece from Wollongong, who delve into the sounds of shoegaze, dream-pop, indie and post punk. Inspired by many 80s/90s and contemporary guitar bands such as DIIV and The Cure, they are sure to give listeners nostalgic tones, with a modern edge.

The Post Social Experiment is the music of the storyteller, poet, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and eclectic musical adventurer, Steve Robinson. In collaboration with Tim Ritchie on bass and Rob Laurie on drums and ukulele, Steve with his Post Social Experiment creates an infinite mix of musical concoctions.
Steve has performed his songs in London, Manchester, Paris and New York and in Australia, throughout Sydney and his home town of Wollongong. His first two albums were collected by the Australian Film and Sound Archive for their originality and creativity. His recordings have been aired on Triple J, FBi, 2SER, community radio in Australia and college radio in the US, and on local commercial stations. He has appeared on WIN TV and TVS with his video of the song Cost Too Much aired on Rage. Steve’s music initiated three venues that he later booked. In particular, the Oxford Tavern in Wollongong, inspired a local independent music and arts industry and was the subject of two documentaries and two books. The societal impact of the venue was also studied in doctorates for Wollongong University.
The Post Social Experiment is true handmade music. It’s the craft of song and how it can be distilled down to the base elements of poetry and melody.

**All ages event but u/18's must be accompanied and supervised by a parent / legal guardian**

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